2025-12  Low-profile seedjar

2025-12 Low-profile seedjar

  This jar is a masterwork of form, its width 2.962 times greater than its height.  Creating such a broad expanse of wet clay over a shallow bowl is extraordinary. Of the 600+ jars in this collection, only 2 have greater width-to-height ratios: 2007-11 by Nyla...
2025-09  Sculpted village pot

2025-09 Sculpted village pot

Sculpted village scenes on pottery from Hopi are known, but rare. Jar 2025-09, discussed here, is the only example in this collection where the village scene is the central image. The only other pot in the collection with a carved village scene is jar 2024-01 by...
2025-08  Leaping rabbit tile

2025-08 Leaping rabbit tile

  This is the second tile in this collection by Logan Koopee.  The first (2009-26) was purchased directly from him at his brother’s home in Walpi, First Mesa.  Logan is primarily a painter, and his skill is clearly shown in the elaborate and detailed painting of...